Window



Jan. 31, v193.3. J. 1 TRESOUTHICK 1,895,023

` WINDOW Filed May l2, 1931 2 SheetS-Sheet WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Jan. 31, 1933. J- 1 TRESOUTHlCK 1,896,023

WINDOW Filed May l2, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Joseph L .Biresowick flwlmgss M ATTORNEYS Patented `lan. 31, 1933 vJosliirfrr I.. iransotr'rnlcx, or JEBsEir cITY, NawtJEnsEYf., 1

' i know maybe raised and lowered in the usual manner while being capable 0f being tilted when in a certain position. ,y

Astill further object oftheinventionis to provide a window of the usual "appearance but formed so that the sashes are held against rattling and are providedr with mountings` which will permit the tilting of the sash while bringing the weather stripping yassociated therewith underftension for resiliently and frictionally holding the sashes in diferentfpositions. f

lIn the accompanying drawingsn Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view througha window disclosing an embodiment of the invention, the sashes being shown tilted.

Y vFigure 2 is aview similar'to Figure 11 but showing the satshesclosed.- z

Figure '3 is a sectionalview through Figure 2 approximately online 83.Y Figure 4 is a side viewV of the lower sash and associated parts taken on line 4-4 of.

Figure 3, a portion thereof being broken away for illustrating one of the springs.

. Figure 5 is an enlarged detailedsectional view through Figure 1 online 5-5. Referring to the accompanyingodrawlngs, 1 indicates a frame of any desired kind as for instance wood, and to this frame is secured by screws or other means a plurality of pairs of guideways'2,.there being shown'inthe drawings, and particularly in Figure 3, four of these pairs of guideways, two pairs on. each side whereby the respective sashes 3 ando4 may be readily accommodated and moved upwardly and downwardly in the usual manner of window sashes now in common use. These 45 sashes, if light, may be'supported by suitable springs hereinafter fully described, but ordinarily they are counterbalanced by suitable weights, .cables and pulleys 5, The weights, cables and construction and t ere ore need no addipulle s 5 are of the usual l 193i. serial No. 536,857;

tional description. As one sash and its Yassociated guideways is identical with the other, the description of sash 3 will also apply to sash 4. "I

As illustrated vparticularly in Figure 3, sash'3 is provided with what vmay :be termed 'a cam strip 6k on Veach end, the same having a depressed portion''. This accommodates the outwardly pressedor cam portion 8 of, This weather Vstripl the weather strip 9. generally speaking is U-shaped in'crosssection and the respective legs are each formed with a turned-over flange 10 which projects beneath the turned-over portion 11 'tinually y on -these flangesl and on the vbase of the strips 2, for urging the weather strip'9 outwardly whereby it'will resilien-tly vpress against the 'windowsash "As illustrated in ure 6 but when lthe sashes turn to the position shown in Figure 1,-the springs arey depressed and weather strips move inwardly as illustrated in Figure 5. Each weather strip is provided with a pair ofpins 15' which are adapted to enter the respective apertures 16 when brought into lproper alinement` therewith. However, the pins 15v as-shown in Figure 4, are positioned slightly below these apertures when the window sash is restinga'gainst the of the guides 2. Springs 12andf13 act con- 06 window sill. It will therefore benecessary to raise the window first slightly as killustrated in Figurel in 'order to bring the pins into alinement. This'will prevent anyaccidental swinginglof Ythe window Sash 'when the window is closed.y v

When it isde'sired to wash the outside of the window or desired to rotate the window forany cause, the sash is raisedas-illustrated in' Figure 1, andthen swung tothe desired angle. In swingingthe kwindow sash, the c am members and portions 7 and 8-will coact in vsuch a manner that the respective'window strips-i a 9 will be depressed as shown A-in Figure 5. This will produce a tension which will hold the sash 3 in any desired position.

As illustrated particularly in Figure 3, it will be seen that the sash 3 is pivotally supported by screws 17 and 18 loosely fitted in suitable apertures 19 and 20 but screwed into the-respective nuts 21 which are preferably welded to the respective weather strips `9. The apertures 19 and 2O are preferably slightly larger than the screws in order to permit the screws to move longitudinally inwardly as the cams 7 and 8 function during the turning movement of the sash 3. By providing a pivotal means as just set forth, the windows may be readily cleaned without reaching through the window `frame and when in an ordinary position, may be slid up and down in the usual manner without danger of rattling.

The spring pressed Weather strip acts in the double capacity of means for preventing rattling and also as a weather` strip and guide for the sash as it coacts with the pairs of guides 2.

Y I claim:

1. A window frame including a Window sash, a metal strip on each edge of the window sash provided with a depressed cam portion extending longitudinally of the sash, a

weather strip coacting with each edge of the window sash, each of said weather strips being substantially U-shaped in cross-section and having the bottom of the U formed with aV groove acting asv a cam coacting with the cam shaped portion on the metal strip ad]a cent thereto, each of said weather strips having a pair of laterally extending flanges,

spring means carried by each of the weather strips for urging the same toward the window sash and a guidingstructure for each of the weather strips, each of said guiding structures having an inturned portion coacting with said laterally extending flanges for limiting the outward movement of the weather strip.

Q. A window including a sash, a Weather strip arranged on each edge of the sash, means for pivotally connecting thesash with the respective weather strips, a pair of guides for each weather strip, each of said guides having an in-turned flange and each weather strip .having an out-turned flange extending beneath said in-turned fianges and spring means acting on vthe weather strips for urging the flanges thereof toward said inturned iianges whereby said windowv sash will be resiliently pinched between the respective weather strips, and frictionally held against rattling.

3. A window including a pair of sashes, each sash having a metal strip extending from the top to the bottom thereof on each edge, each of said strips being depressed cen-` trally, a weather strip coacting with said metal strips, each Weather strip being substantially U-shaped in cross-section with the pressed out portlon fitting into the depressed portion of the metal strip, pins for pivotally mounting the window sash on the weather strips, each of said weather strips having outturned flanges and a pair of guides coacting with each weather strip, each of said guides having in-turned flanges for limiting the outward movement of said out-turned flanges, and a spring acting on each of said out-turned flanges for urging the weather strips toward ther window sash.

' 4. A window including a window sash provided with a metal strip on each edge, each of said metal strips having a depressed end portion acting as a cam, a Weather strip on each edge of said sash, each of said weather strips having pressed out cam portions tting into the cam portions of said metal strips, a pin secured to each of said weather strips extending loosely through the metal strips and into the ,frame of the window sash for pivotally mounting the window sash on the weather strips, a pair of pins extending through each of said Weather strips, a guide for each of said weather strips, each of said guides having a pair of notches spaced the saine distance apart as said pins whereby when the pins are opposite said notches, said window sash may be rotated, and as it swings, said cams will function to force the weather strips outwardly away from the window sash, and spring means acting on each weather strip for resisting this `outward movement whereby the Window sash is held resiliently in any position to which it is moved.

5. A window including a sash, a weather strip on each edge of said sash, a pin secured to each of said Weather strips extending into the frame of the window sash'for pivotally mounting the window sash on the weather strips, a. pair of pins extending through each of` said weather strips, a guide for each of said weather strips, each of said guides having a pair of notches spaced the same distance apart as said pins whereby said pins are adapted to move through said notches and permit the window sash to be rotated on the first mentioned pins, and spring means on each of said weather strips for resiliently holding the sash in any position to which it is moved.

JOSEPH L.I TRESOUTHICK. 

